Modern population

Umbundu

Umbundu

Umbundu is a modern reference population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (Umbundu), with 13 samples from Benguela, Angola.

Its nearest neighbours among modern populations are Ganguela, Nyaneka and Kongo, and among ancient ones Kindoki Protohistoric (Congo), Colonial African (Mexico) and Ngongo Mbata Protohistoric (Congo).

Period
Modern
Country
Angola
Origin
Benguela, Angola
Sampled near
Hadjer-Lamis 12.93, 14.52
Samples
13
Catalogue
Umbundu

Nearest populations

Distance between population averages in scaled G25 space, ×100. Lower is closer. It says who resembles this population, not who descends from it; an nMonte model tests that.

Modern
#PopulationDistance
1GanguelaGanguela0.82
2NyanekaNyaneka1.12
3KongoKongo1.54
4Tikar SouthTikar_South1.69
5TswaTswa1.91
6MakhuwaMakhuwa2.00
7NyanjaNyanja2.01
8Cameroon MboCameroon_Mbo2.04
9SenaSena2.04
10ChanganaChangana2.08
Ancient
#PopulationDistance
1Kindoki Protohistoric (Congo)Congo_Kindoki_Protohistoric1.98
2Colonial African (Mexico)Mexico_Colonial_African2.57
3Ngongo Mbata Protohistoric (Congo)Congo_NgongoMbata_Protohistoric2.92
4Pemba (Medieval, c. 600 BP)Pemba_600BP3.26
5Tanzania Pemba (Medieval, c. 600 BP)Tanzania_Pemba_600BP3.68
6Munsa (c. 500 BP)Munsa_500BP4.86
7South Africa (c. 400 BP)South_Africa_400BP5.51
8Taukome (Medieval, c. 1100 BP)Taukome_1100BP7.50
9Kakapel (Late Iron Age, Kenya)Kenya_Kakapel_LIA8.96
10Xaro (Early Iron Age, Botswana)Botswana_Xaro_EIA12.94

Individuals 20

The samples behind this population in the catalogue. Outliers are kept out of the population's average.

SampleOrigin
Nab110Benguela, Angola
Nab114Benguela, Angola
Nab136Benguela, Angola
Nab138Benguela, Angola
Nab148Benguela, Angola
Nab150Benguela, Angola
Nab42Benguela, Angola
Nab48Benguela, Angola
Nab54Benguela, Angola
Nab78Benguela, Angola
Nab80Benguela, Angola
Nab84Benguela, Angola
Nab88Benguela, Angola
Nab112 outlierBenguela, Angola
Nab120 outlierBenguela, Angola
Nab36 outlierBenguela, Angola
Nab38 outlierBenguela, Angola
Nab44 outlierBenguela, Angola
Nab68 outlierBenguela, Angola
Nab90 outlierBenguela, Angola